Immigrant Roles in Society By AllynH 1800 Political Machines 1820 Temperance Movement 1849 Know Nothing Party 1879 Tenement House Act 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act 1885 Contract Labor Laws 1887 American Protective Association 1907 Gentlemen's Agreement 1917 Immigration Act 1924 US Border Control 1942 Japanese Interment Camps 1948 Displaced Persons Act 1952 McCarran-Walter Act 1965 Immigration Act 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act